GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprise | to be made up of |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |